Hair-crimper



(No Model.)

I. E. BARNIOKLE. HAIR GRIMP'ER.

No. 587,142. Patented July 27,1897. I

WITNESSEEL INVENT i=1: xa/Vmm 7 M M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. BARNIGKLE, OF LAWRENOE, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAIR-CRIMPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,142, dated July 27, 1897.

Application filed March 1 5, 1 8 9 7.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. BARNIOKLE, of Lawrence, in the county of Essex and'State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Curlers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a novel hair-curler, its principal objects being to increase the efliciency of operation and simplicity of construction and to reduce the cost of manufacture in articles of this class;

The invention consists in the improved construction and relative arrangement of parts which I shall now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of a hair-curler constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the provision for holding the hair. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the manner of looping the device and engaging the'ends.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings, a a designate two thin strips of celluloid or similar flexible material comprising the hair-curler, the two strips being substantially alike in size and shape and being secured together at one end by rivets b b.

- c designates a slot formed transversely in the edges of the strips a at or near their fixed ends and adapted to receive and hold the free ends of the strips.

The strips C6 are capable of separation, as shown in Fig. 2, to receive the hair, which is Serial in. 627,674. (No model.)

held by closing the strips together again, the hair being then wrapped around the curler, which is finally formed into a loop, as shown in Fig. 3, and the free ends of the strips inserted in the slot 0.

The advantages of this construction will be apparent. There are no loose parts, loops, hooks, hinges, or extra fastening parts. The device is clean, no covering is required, the celluloid may be colored to correspond with the color of hair of the wearer, and the cost of manufacture is a minimum.

I claim- 1 A hair-curler comprising a flexible body which is provided at one of its ends with a slot adapted to receive and retain the other end, and which consists of two or more superposed strips connected together at the slotted end and adapted to be separated to receive the hair.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a haircurler consisting of two superposed strips riveted together at one end, and each slotted transversely at the riveted end, the said strips being capable of separation at their free ends to receive the hair, and being adapted to be bent around in the form of a loop to effect engagement of said free ends with said slots.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 12th day of March, A. D. 1897.

FRANK E. BARNICKLE.

'Witnesses:

CHARLES R. KNOBLOOK, ALBERT E. WIEDMAN. 

